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DON'T
THROW AWAY THE PARTY DECORATIONS! - Save money and do something
your guests will LOVE! GIVE AWAY your party decorations! Use
tiger posters (see below for inexpensive resources) to hang
around your party area. Allow the winners of different games
to choose which poster they'll get to walk away with at the
conclusion to the party! Combine decorations with party prizes!
Visit
your local public library and check out different books on
tigers. These look great as part of table centerpieces or
as general decorations placed throughout your party area.
They can either be laying flat or they can also be propped
up in a half open fashion (remember to visit both the children's
AND adult's section of the library.)
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This
may sound a bit extravagant, but go with me on this
one…Make a tiger cave. The cave could be a mere
few feet deep and a couple of feet tall…or it could
consist of an entire hallway (if you are so ambitious).
Use crumpled brown packing paper for the walls. Position
some digging tools, lamps, even some treasure at the
end inside. Hang a driftwood sign at the entrance (see
Idea 23 below). This is a nice touch for the hallway
leading to a bathroom. Smaller caves can be a curiosity
for your guests…where does it lead? What's at the
end? I have had guests get down on their hands and knees,
too curious as to what might be inside. If you really
want to go for it, get your hands on some chicken wire
for the structure of the cave (molding it first into
the shape you want) and paper mache the walls.
Tiger
stripes on cupcakes could be fun. Orange and black stripes
on the small cakes!
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Look
up some facts on tigers at your local library and periodically
ask your guests them throughout the party, awarding points
as you go (true or false might be the way to go for younger
crowds). Give a prize to the individual with the most points
at the end of the party.
Find
some tiger print fabrics to drape around your party. Look
for close out sales at your local fabric stores. Sometimes
online fabric stores have good deals, but they can have high
shipping costs. If you are near a metropolitan area, check
a business-to-business directory for upholstery fabric retailers
and wholesalers. In Los Angeles there is a garment
Make
tiger animal footprints leading up to the entrance of your
party. Find footprints in books or online. You can look at
library books for patterns or online. Cut out of construction
paper the footprints of a tiger. Tape them to the ground leading
to the front door of your party. It will look like a tiger
has already arrived at the party ahead of your guests!
Tiger
stripes on cupcakes could be fun. Orange and black stripes
on the small cakes!
Find
all the tigers game! Here is another passive game that can
last the entire event. Print out several pictures of tigers.
Write a different number on each picture - large and bold
enough to see. Hang or prop the pictures around the party
area. Some should be in plain view, most others should be
hidden a bit out of sight. Give each guest a piece of paper
and a pencil/pen. They need to find as many tigers as they
can and write down the number they find on the picture. You
could also write random words or names on each picture instead
of numbers… in any case, the name or number on the picture
provides "proof" that the guest found the picture.
The winner is the first to find all pictures and turn in the
list with the correct answers. Or…have a cut off time
for the lists. Five minutes after the cutoff, you can have
a raffle using the turned in lists. You could also give each
guest one ticket for each correct answer and then have a raffle
for gifts after all tickets are given out.
Tiger
Posters! - Great party decorations!
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